Really? Shit, that stuff's stronger than I thought.
Either way, I can't see those little shoulder pads providing the same level of protection at all.
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Really? Shit, that stuff's stronger than I thought.
Either way, I can't see those little shoulder pads providing the same level of protection at all.
No shoulder pad will provide the same amount of protection as a giant thick ballistic rated metal plate... Maybe a dragon skin shoulder pad or something.
Ceramic plate. :eng101:
It catches a lot of flak from the media and public for no good reason. Just because Dragon Skin is grenade-proof doesn't mean Interceptor is bad at what it does. It doesn't help Dragon Skin's case when the glue holding it together melts. And while I know those trials were rigged, wearing full load-out in the hot Middle Eastern sun does get extremely hot.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
Dragon skin trials WERE sabotaged. But they DO melt in extreme heat, aka flash overs (when your humvee is engulfed in flames from IED/RPG/etc.). A friend of mine, his old buddy was in Iraq wearing a dragon skin vest when his humvee was attacked, he suffered numerous 3rd degree burns nearly over his entire body because the armor melted
And that is why it was rejected.
Seriously, what's wrong with stitching the damn thing together with leather chord, hm?
Or they could just put a base layer under it that doesn't suck. Problem solved. Armor melts onto the base layer instead of the person.
And make the base layer out of what, exactly? The idea is not to bulk up too much, otherwise you completely defeat the advantage of Dragon Skin.
vaguely related tangent
godDAMN does this sound nice. bit rich for my blood though when there's no guarantee they'd let us wear them, since they're non-issue and us chocs don't get much leeway in kit
i might ask the boss, he would probably know if it's kosher or not. if it is then i might just have to splash out, the issue jackets do fuckall
Those Canadian buttons are fucking fantastic in the cold. And when you need a lolhueg button to get at because you're under fire and STRESS STRESS STRESS.
@Warsaw, make the BDU out of a material that's fire/heat resistant. At least enough to stop the dragon skin from melting through, problem solved. Issue them together, or just issue the dragon skin BDU base as the standard BDU and then issue the dragon skin shit in theater or wherever.
For the obvious reason I wish I hadn't, but I inherited this today from my Grandfather. He used to hunt religiously with it, or so I was told. It's a Winchester Model 88 .308 Win. I believe the one I have was made in the late 50's. From what he used to tell me about I hear it's quite the rifle and quite accurate.
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